Principal s Newsletter January 2018

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1 Principal s Newsletter January 2018 January 2018 Bruce J. Peragallo Principal Susan M. La Fauci Assistant Principal Suzy Azevedo Supervisor of Guidance & School Counseling Reminders: No School Monday, January 1st No School Monday, January 1th Metuchen High School boys and girls basketball season has started! One of the fundraising events the MHS Booster Club runs to raise funds for our high school athletes is the basketball snack bar. At this time we are not sure if the snack bar will be open at each game due to the low response of volunteers to help run the snack bar. We will try our best to have the snack bar open with the few volunteers we have. Please consider volunteering an hour and a half of your time to help us run the snack bar for the boys and girls home basketball games. You can find the basketball schedule on the MHS website to see what home games you can help volunteer. Again, the money we make goes to all high school athletes. Please contact us at metuchenboosterclub@yahoo.com to help volunteer! Panera Fundraiser! End of second marking cycle/end of first semester Wednesday, January 24th Help Support the Metuchen High School Booster Club by taking your family and friends to Panera for dinner. Snow Ball Saturday, January 27th WHERE: Panera Bread 11 US 1 South, Edison, NJ WHEN: Wed, Feb, 21st FROM: 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Inside this issue: PT Council News 1 MHS Booster Club 2 School Counseling Depart- 3, 4 ment MHS PTO PT Council s Night Out Freshman Orientation BTCTE Dance Benefit Metuchen Public Library Season Passes Bulldog & Blue Letter News 6 PG Msg. From Principal 7 Bring the attached flyer or show an electronic version to the cashier when you place your order and Panera will donate a portion of the proceeds from your purchase. Ordering Online for Rapid Pick-Up or Delivery? Enter"FUND" as your Promo Code to have a portion of your proceeds donated to the Metuchen High School Booster Club! Please pass the flyer on to family and friends! Don t forget to sign up for your MHS Booster Club Membership! You can find the MHS Booster Club Membership by clicking on membership form and on the Metuchen High School web page under Booster club. (Please note - Senior athletes must be a member of the MHS Booster Club to be eligible for sports scholarships). The MHS Booster Club is continually looking for members who are available to volunteer their time and efforts to support our student-athletes. We are very much in need of volunteers to help coordinate snack bar schedules and special events. Please join us and support all the student-athletes at MHS. Please contact us at Metuchenboosterclub@yahoo.com Student Council Snow Ball Due to inclement weather, Snow Ball, originally scheduled for December 9th has been rescheduled to Saturday, January 27, The dance will be held from 7:00-10:00pm and will include a DJ playing music in the gym, and a buffet-style dinner in the cafeteria, catered by Villa Gennaro s of Edison. If your child purchased a ticket for the 12/9 date, these tickets will be honored. So, please hold on to your tickets! If your child purchased a ticket and is now unable to go to Snow Ball on 1/27, please see Ms. Wagenblast. If your child filled out and handed in a Guest Application form & is still bringing the same guest they do not need to do anything else. If they are bringing a different guest to Snow Ball, a Guest Application Form needs to be filled out & submitted no later than Friday, January 12th. Guest Application Forms can be found in the Front Office. Tickets will be available at the door for $ The administration and staff at Metuchen High School would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays and a prosperous new year!!!!

2 Announcements 2 PT COUNCIL FUNDRAISERS!! How you can support Metuchen Public Schools PT Council s 2017 Fall Fundraiser Thank you for making this year s fundraiser a success! Remember that you can continue to support Metuchen Schools by shopping our online Yankee Candle catalog through 12/31/17 at (School Code: ) The online catalog is full of seasonal items that make great gifts for the holidays. and post the link and family and friends can purchase directly from the online catalog and help support our schools. If you have any questions, contact: MetuchenFundraisers@gmail.com. PT Council s Night Out will be held on February 2nd at The NJ Convention & Expo Center in Edison, NJ (See Page 4) Support All Year Long! AmazonSmile You Shop. Amazon Gives. Do you shop at Amazon? If you do, did you know that you can help support Metuchen Schools all year long when you shop through AmazonSmile instead? AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Metuchen Schools every time you shop at Amazon, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know: same products, same prices, same service. When you shop at AmazonSmile you ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, but with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.% of the price of all your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the Metuchen Parent Teacher Council! To start: Go to Smile.Amazon.com Select "Metuchen Parent Teacher Council" as your selected charity. Then simply log into Smile.Amazon.com to do all your regular shopping.

3 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT 3 UPCOMING GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS Course Planning Conferences for the School Year: School Counselors will meet with students for course selections, for the next school year, during the month of February. A notice concerning your child s scheduling appointment will be sent toward the end of January. The updated Program of Studies booklet will be posted online on the Guidance website and will be available by the time the conference notifications are sent out. Junior Conferences - College and Career Planning: Juniors and parents, please contact the Guidance & School Counseling Office to schedule your conference appointment. Please note that there will be no Junior Conferences scheduled in February due to school-wide Course Planning Conferences. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend. Grade Reporting January 24th marks the end of the second marking cycle and the first semester. Attention Senior Students Sending Mid-Year Grades to Colleges: Any senior who needs Mid-Year grades sent to a college must submit the request by completing the Mid-Year Report Card Request Form. The form can be found on the School Counseling webpage or by clicking here: Mid-Year/ First Semester Report Card Request. Please submit to the Guidance Office no later than February 2, Inform Guidance of all College Admissions Decisions: Please inform us of your college acceptances. As you receive admissions decisions, you need to inform the Guidance & School Counseling Office whether you have been accepted, wait-listed, deferred or denied for each school. You may enter this information through your Naviance account under "Colleges I'm applying to" ( Find the "Results" column of the list and click on the pencil icon. Complete the FAFSA ( Every family preparing to send a child to college should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This form is REQUIRED of any student seeking federal and state financial aid (including loans) at any college in the country. Every family should complete it, regardless of income, since many scholarship programs require it (even those with no income eligibility). For additional information on any of the announcements on page 3, 4, and please contact the MHS Guidance and School Counseling Office at Attention Potential College Athletes NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse: Access the website below to find the tools and information you need to navigate the eligibility process for college athletics. - Potential college athletes should register online with the Eligibility Center as early as sophomore year. To create an account, either click on the New Account button at the top right of the screen or the cell phone on the left side of the screen. Juniors will need to request for the Guidance Office to send an official transcript, and seniors will need to follow up to request that we send the final transcript. If you have any questions, or need assistance, please call your School Counselor at For more information please download the NCAA Guide For The College-Bound Student Athlete at and visit the College Athlete Resource Page on Naviance Family Connection, located off the home page.

4 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT 4 TESTING INFORMATION Upcoming SAT Registration Deadlines: Visit for more info. Test Date March 10th (Offered at MHS) Registration Deadline February 9th If your child receives free/reduced lunch, he/she is eligible for an SAT fee waiver and should stop in Guidance to pick it up. Fee waivers cannot be used for late registration. Upcoming ACT Registration Deadlines: Visit for more info. Naviance Family Connection is a web-based service designed to assist you and your child with every aspect of the college and career planning process. Test Date February 10th ARE YOU CONNECTED? ARE YOU CONNECTED? If you have not yet registered on Naviance Family Connection, contact our office for your access code. Naviance Family Connection is a web-based service designed to assist you and your child with every aspect of the college and career planning process. The site is customized to provide information specific to our school, and displays all of our resource pages, program announcements and bulletins. *Students and parents have separate accounts. Naviance Family Connection will allow students to: Registration Deadline January 12th If your child receives free/reduced lunch, he/she is eligible for an ACT fee waiver and should stop in Guidance to pick it up. Fee waivers cannot be used for late registration. Start planning early - Build a resume, set goals, follow tasks assigned by the school counseling team, plan a course of study and keep up with important planning milestones. Research colleges - Search a large database of colleges for information on admissions, cost, majors offered, etc. Determine admission prospects and academic goals by comparing your GPA and standardized test scores with average scores of previously accepted students. Explore career options Search a large database of careers for information on common activities, necessary skills, required education and wages. Students can also take career assessments to help determine interests, preferences. Sign up for college visits - Find out which colleges are visiting our school and sign up to attend those sessions. Search for scholarships and enrichment programs Check for postings of local scholarships and utilize a national scholarship search tool. Get important s from the Guidance Office! With an address linked to your account, you ll receive up-to-date announcements, reminders and other valuable information. Access resource pages, helpful websites, the document library and more

5 MORE SCHOOL NEWS... MHS PTO Happy New Year! The next meeting for the MHS PTO will be on Monday, January 8th at 7:30pm in the MHS Library. Guest Speaker to be announced. PT Council s Night Out Please join us for our annual fundraiser at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center Raritan Center, Edison, NJ on Friday, February 2, To order tickets for the event, please see the attached flyer. If you have a prize to donate for the Silent Auction or if you would like to Breaking The Chain Through Education Metuchen Public Library s Teen Advisory Board Please see the attached flyer for information concerning Breaking The Chain Through Education s 7th Annual Dance Benefit! Please see the attached flyer for meeting dates for the Teen Advisory Board. Freshman Orientation Thursday, February 1, 2018 A Freshman Orientation for parents of 8th grade students who will be entering the high school in the Fall of 2018 will be held on Thursday, February 1, The orientation will be held in the high school auditorium and will begin at 7:00pm. Season Passes For Athletic Events The Athletic Department is offering season passes for the winter (basketball and wrestling). The cost of each pass is $2 and it includes a guest. Interested parties can contact the Athletic Director, John Cathcart, at or the Main Office at These passes cannot be used for GMC and/or N.J.S.I.A.A. playoff games.

6 Bulldog Bark and The Blue Letter News 6 Dear Sir/Madame, Metuchen High School s newspaper, The Bulldog s Bark and the yearbook club s (The Blue Letter) are asking local businesses for their support. At this time, we are inviting the Metuchen Business Community to advertise in the school newspaper and/or the Metuchen High School yearbook. Please refer to the charts below for pricing. Thank you in advance for supporting our students. Bulldog s Bark, 400 Grove Avenue, Metuchen, NJ Telephone Number is Our advertising rates are below. We appreciate your continuing support of our school newspaper, The Bulldog s Bark. We are requesting that all ads be transmitted to us electronically. (Please send your file in jpeg or other standard photo format). The address for ad copy is lwisniewski@metboe.k12.nj.us, please be sure to include advertisement in the subject line. To order a yearbook, please visit Ad Size One issue Two issues Three issues Four issues 2 x 1 2 x 2 2 x 3 2 x 4 3 x 3 3 x 4 3 x 4 x x 6 x 6 $ $ $.00 $ $ $ $1.00 $18.00 $ $32.00 $ $ 7.00 $ $13.00 $16.00 $ $21.00 $ $ $ $ 0.00 $ 8.00 $ $14.00 $ $20.00 $20.00 $ $ $00.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $18.00 $ $27.00 $ The Blue Letter (High School Yearbook) We are always looking for additional advertising for the The Blue Letter, our Metuchen High School Yearbook. A business card size ad is $12.00 and space is very limited. You can send your ad copy or business card (electronically preferred) with a check to the address listed above, attention to Ms. Lynda Wisniewski. Thank you so very much for supporting our school s publications. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns at lwisniewski@metboe.k12.nj.us. Lynda Wisniewski, Bulldog s Bark and The Blue Letter Business Advisor PG 2018 A big THANK YOU to all the senior parents who sold Project Graduation 0/0 raffle tickets. A total of 2,180 tickets were sold, resulting in $,40 in cash prizes! Congratulations to our winners! 1. Hillary Lorenzo $2, Raquel Class $1, Sheila Donahue $1, Audrey Hausser $4. Running out of clever names (group ticket sold by Lapczynski) $4 Don t forget to order your Class of 2018 Bulldog signs! See order form attached. Also, we are continuing to collect sponsorships and monetary donations. Forms are available on the website. Finally, we will be having a meeting in January to start the Senior video production. Contact us if you, or your senior, want to help produce it. Refer to the attached flyer for more information.

7 7 Mission Statement Metuchen High School 400 Grove Avenue Metuchen, New Jersey Telephone: Fax Number: Guidance: Metuchen High School, building on a tradition of academic and co-curricular distinction, provides a healthy and safe learning environment which challenges and supports our students. Our technology-rich instruction and diverse curricular offerings are an integral part of an evolving program that meets each student s intellectual, social, and emotional needs. Our school encourages all students to discover their talents, develop their strengths, and become global citizens with a strong moral compass. We achieve this through exceptional classroom instruction, data-driven decision-making, and emphasis on developing students 21st Century skills. We re on the web! Message From The Principal Please note the circle in the front of the school is a no parking zone. When you are picking up or dropping off, please do not park around the circle. I appreciate your help in this matter.

8 HELP SUPPORT METUCHEN HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB WHERE 11 US 1 South, Edison, NJ WHEN Wed, Feb, 21st FROM 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Bring this flyer or show an electronic version to the cashier when you place your order and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds from your purchase. * Ordering Online for Rapid Pick-Up or Delivery? * Enter "FUND" as your Promo Code to have a portion of your proceeds donated to your organization. Learn more at PaneraBread.com/fundraiser * Gift card purchases and catering orders are excluded and will not count toward the event. Rapid Pick-Up and Delivery only where available Panera Bread. All Rights Reserved.

9 B R E A K I N G T H E C H A I N T H R O U G H E D U C A T I O N P R E S E N T S : 7th Annual Dance Benefit J A N U A R Y 1 9, M E T U C H E N H I G H S C H O O L D O O R S O P E : 3 0 S T A R T 6 O N L I N E : $ 1 2 A D U L T S $ 8 K I D S D O O R : $ 1 A D U L T S $ 1 0 K I D S

10 UPCOMING MEETINGS JANUARY 18, 2018 E-TAB/TAB 7:30-8:30 JANUARY 2, 2018 E-TAB 7:30-8:30

11 You ve Been Dawg d Fundraiser MHS Project Graduation 2018 For 18 years, the MHS graduating seniors have been provided with a drug and alcohol free, fun filled, memorable postgraduation celebration. This event requires a significant amount of fundraising that enables all seniors to attend for free. Please lend your support by purchasing a lawn sign (with the image above). You give us the address and we deliver the sign. The signs will promote a sense of community and school spirit! Please deliver a sign to Name Address (Metuchen only) Cost Signs will be delivered by Metuchen HS Seniors. 1 for $10 2 for $20 3 for $2 4 for $3 for $4 Cash or check accepted (please make checks payable to MHS Project Graduation 2018) Either send form and $ to MHS office (Labeled Project Graduation- Dawg ) or mail to: Project Graduation-Dawg c/o Metuchen High School 400 Grove Avenue Metuchen, NJ 08840

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